Ivy & Bean (6 books in series)
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review 1: I haven't read an Ivy + Bean book since I left K-8 to teach in middle school. I remember them fondly, and there were moments in #10 that reminded me of why I thought they were good but there were inconsistencies that bothered me. Starting with a mom that is so strict about movie ...
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review 1: If you like the Ivy & Bean series, you will enjoy this one as well. This was 2011 Eleanor Cameron Award (Golden Duck for middle grades) finalist. Ivy and Bean work together to come up with an idea for their school science fair. The theme for their second grade classroom is global...
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review 1: If Goodreads allowed for 1/2 stars, this one would have gotten 3 1/2 stars. This book ties with Book 3 (Ivy + Bean Break the Fossil Record) as my favorite of the series so far. (We have only Books 6 and 7 left to read.) Bean isn't old enough to attend the week-long girls camp tha...
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review 1: Ivy and Bean fans can rejoice at the new title in the series, Ivy + Bean Make the Rules.Bean thinks it’s not fair that her sister Nancy gets to go to Girl Power 4-Ever summer camp while she is only old enough to sign up for Puppet Fun! At seven, she’s not a baby anymore, and she ...
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review 1: The Ivy and Bean series is one of my favorite early chapter book series. Without feeling dated or precious, the books harken back to a time when kids could roam the neighborhood finding fun and parents engaged in benign neglect. The books are fun to read aloud and contain a lot o...
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review 1: Bean's older sister is going to Girl Power 4-Ever camp but Bean can't go because she is not old enough. Bean's mother can tell she is jealous of her sister and after talking to Ivy's mom the mothers decide the two girls are old enough to walk to monkey park together with out adul...